The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the awful economic conditions creating a greater desire to wager, to try and find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local earnings, there are two popular styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that many do not buy a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the extremely rich of the country and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and violence that has come about, it isn’t known how healthy the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through until things improve is basically not known.
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